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David C
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01/18/2004 2:20 pm
OK, everybody knows mass-produced American beer is crappy, but what about all the good smaller brewing companies in the U.S.? Try these tasty beverages:

Sierra Nevada, brewed in Chico, CA
Anchor Steam, from San Francisco

Sam Adams isn't too bad, nor is Pete's Wicked. When I'm broke I buy Coors original though (5% alcohol).

My fav beers from across the waters: Guinness, Fuller's ESB, Old Speckled Hen. I like ales and lagers. No wheat beers please.

Cheers!

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Barreta_jetstream1
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01/18/2004 8:59 pm
I dont drink! Seriously!
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Karma In The South
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01/18/2004 9:35 pm
Originally posted by iamthe_eggman
Also, some Guinness purists have told me that it tastes best from a pub less than 15 miles away, since any further and the beer will get shaken up by the drive and the flavour will change. That might sound stupid, but any wine connaiseur will freak out if you shake up a bottle of wine...


Well Ive heard anywhere outside ireland its awful, then again all Ive had is Irish and some I had in London.
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01/19/2004 12:31 am
im not sure about the shaky barrel in transit thing, it would apply to a real ale, but not guinness.
with guiness the biggest varients in whether you get a good pint or not is in how its poured, followed by how well the cellar/lines are kept. the product in the barrel is pretty much uniform wherever you are.
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Lordathestrings
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01/19/2004 1:41 am
Originally posted by Barreta_jetstream1
I dont drink! Seriously!
Dibs on 'is share!!! :D
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01/19/2004 2:14 am
Originally posted by Lordathestrings
All on tap, of course. When I visit the US, I usually go without rather than settle for 2.3% near-beer. Here in Canada we say that stuff is like making out in a canoe - f***king near water, and often unsatisfying!

Don't even think about getting name brand beer in the US. That said, there's some KILLER microbrew stuff out there (they're even allowed to put a little alcohol in it).

I talked to a guy a few weeks ago who's traveled the world extensively and who swears that the best beers in the world come out of Vermont and Colorado.

I of course hate all beer.

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01/19/2004 2:21 am
I don't drink beer or shouldn't, actually. I'm a coeliac and can't eat, drink or consume anything with glutten, which is in wheat flour and guess what beer is brewed/distilled with?

Of the Aussie beers I've drank, none are great. Carlton Draught and Victoria Bitter are OK. Beers I do like however are Guiness and Kilkenny but seeing both my parents are wine enthusiasts and I live about 10 min away from Great Western, a small town with 7 vineyards, I just drink wine as well as vodka, gin and cock-sucking cowboys.
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01/19/2004 5:14 am
Originally posted by iamthe_eggman
Yeah, I'm very jealous of you Brits who can have an ice cold Guinness on tap. It's supposed to be much different than what we have here in Canada. The Canadian version has something like 200 calories a pint, and the UK version has something like 900.

Also, some Guinness purists have told me that it tastes best from a pub less than 15 miles away, since any further and the beer will get shaken up by the drive and the flavour will change. That might sound stupid, but any wine connaiseur will freak out if you shake up a bottle of wine...


Oops.. I meant to say that Guinness tastes best from a pub less than 15 miles away from the St. James brewery in Ireland.
... and that's all I have to say about that.

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01/19/2004 5:40 am
I used to drink tuborg for years, but then we got this new russian beer, named "baltica". They have 9 different sorts of beer and i must say its the best beer ive ever tasted.

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01/19/2004 5:58 am
Guiness is the worst crap I've ever tasted.
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01/19/2004 7:43 am
Well, the cheeper it gets, it's better for me..
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01/19/2004 3:37 pm
Bud (don't smack me too hard)
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Coors light
Red Stripe
Red Dog(haha)
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01/19/2004 4:20 pm
Tusker.
It's Kenya's finest.
If you ever find yourself in East Africa,try a cold one.
Then tell me about it.
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01/19/2004 8:06 pm
All beer tastes the same to me. I can't stand the taste of alcoholic beverages although I do like getting drunk occasionally.
I wish they had alchohol in pill form.
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01/20/2004 12:02 am
Originally posted by kingdavid
Tusker.
It's Kenya's finest.
If you ever find yourself in East Africa,try a cold one.
Then tell me about it.


I was in Kenya, I tasted Tusker, and I.... thought it was pretty darned good. I even bought the T-shirt! There were some pretty bad beers there, though, like White Cap.

"TUSKER - MAKES US EQUAL... HAS NO EQUAL"

But my favourite drink was Orange Fanta. Couldn't get enough of it.
... and that's all I have to say about that.

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10/01/2004 4:18 pm
I've tried a few more beers since last posting, so I thought I'd give a report.

Sing Tao(sp?), it's a chinese beer and is pretty darn good
Rogue Dead Guy Ale, similar to Gueness, but with a crispness to it
Killiens Red, awsome!
I've also come to enjoy a rollin' rock now and again, and again...

So far, that's all I can remember drinking since last posting. My band mates are beer connoisseur's (at least, they like to think they are) so we try to find a new beer each week to try. I'll keep this updated when I try a new beer.

how about ya'll, have any of you found a new beer you like
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Kevin Taylor
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10/01/2004 6:36 pm
Originally Posted by: DigitMolsen XXX and a couple of Xanax.
... the Canadian way :)


heh... ya learned that from me ya bugger.
Just don't go anywhere or type anything online cause those things are like ruffies. No memory of anything.
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Dr_simon
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10/01/2004 7:09 pm
The One and Only Newcastle Brown Ail, served cold and drank by the bucket load @!!

it is funny I was born and bread just out side of Newcastle, and here I am 4000 miles form home, looking at an advert for Newcastle Brown, which features a picture of the Tyne bridge right in the middle of it.. In Iowa !!

On a disappointing note I note that it is served in HALF PINT BOTTLES ! That is just wrong !!
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HDJ
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10/01/2004 7:30 pm
Killians Red (all time favorite)
Newcastle
Guiness
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Kevin Taylor
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10/01/2004 7:50 pm
This is a little off topic but it always reminds me of when I go back to Cornwall.
I go into the corner pub (the only one in town) and shout over the other people waiting at the bar "can I have a Carlsberg Please"....
Sure enough the guy behind the bar always says "WHAT??"
I reply "CAN I HAVE A CARLSBERG PLEASE".
"A WHAT??"
Finally I realize the guy doesn't understand a word of my Canadian accent.

'CAN OI HAV A COILSBOIG PLOISE!!!"

"Oh alrightly then GUV..... " sure enoughn now he understands me. :rolleyes:
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